NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/

I just found out that the people who created the Traditional Chinese translation of the Gender Dysphoria Bible thought I was trying to claim that all trans people need dysphoria to be trans. That’s actually the opposite of the book’s thesis, which now has me worried that they translated it […]

The Ferret revealing the Conservative Party treasurer operates an offshore-linked firm behind Scotland's mega AI data centre at Chapelcross exposes the nexus of money and power. Offshoring profits while privatising critical energy infrastructure is wrong. Why tolerate tax havens? […]

"Climate Central says climate-warmed Gulf waters made Isaias’s winds 7 mph stronger than they otherwise would have been. This would result in over a doubling of the hurricane’s damages, because of the exponential rise in damage with winds. The price tag for the hurricane will likely be several […]

Bring back þe letter þ. How can you þrow out þe only rune in your alphabet? Also bring back ð. But ðis time, except in very common words like þe which look nice þe oðer way round, don't treat ðem as interchangeable. Use ð for þe voiced one and þ for þe unvoiced one, like ðey do in Icelandic […]

As a young fan of Round the Horne in the mid sixties I love listening to all the original old shows each time they come around but I recall being frustrated that I missed this TV recreation when it was broadcast about twenty years ago. Now, thanks to the algorithm, I’ve been able to enjoy it […]

Aaah… so *that’s* why Burnham is supporting a bent football club. Labour has sold its soul. Why on earth are you still voting for it?

With every outlandish claim you need to ask: What is it they don't want you to pay attention to?

This (post and thread) gets at what I meant when I said any evidence of machine consciousness in AI models would need to be separate from language and responses to prompts. Because we know those things have been programmed to mimic human consciousness.

Oh my goodness. OpenAI just lobbed 400 huge slop grenades onto the mathematics community just so they could make a press release. Seemingly without even trying to check the results?! Absolute madness. The only reasonable response here is a huge “nope” […]

A Tennessee appellate court has ruled that the killing of a woman may have been justifiable because she was trans. The court reversed a conviction, stating that the killer could have a new trial because the jury did not know the woman killed was trans. Trans panic in the modern era.

In the gallery shop I found some copies of my book and, on request from the staff, I signed them. Run round to the National Portrait Gallery quickly if you want one!

A portrait of Sue Sanders, founder of School’s Out and cofounder of LGBT History Month. Pictures also of Stephen Whittle and myself

I’ve just returned from photographer Tm Walker’s extensive exhibition of queerness at the National Portrait Gallery. Famous trans icon April Ashley has a very prominent place

It's never too late.

Annual reminder for National Trust members to vote in the AGM to keep out the so-called 'Restore Trust' Tufton Street right-wingers. Best way is to use the quick vote tactically to prevent fragmentation of the progressive vote. But if you wish to choose yourself, AVOID the following candidates […]